Archived Articles by Larry Kelley
A compilation of all Larry Kelley’s published articles, blog posts and opinions.
Our Young College Graduates Cannot Find Gainful Employment
A recent report produced by the National Association of Colleges and Employers revealed the most damning Obama administration statistic I have so far seen. It reports that during the last three years (’09 – ’11), those college graduates unable to find a job has risen to 45%, a tripling of [...]
The New and Improved Underwear Bomber
Sadly, few of us are celebrating last week’s coup pulled off by our spy agencies precisely because we have again narrowly avoided having to watch American carnage on TV. And this allows us to get back to watching American Idol. But we should celebrate the fact that a fearless double [...]
Thought Experiment: Kennedy inaugural address
As we watch the continuing economic implosion of socialist Europe, I would offer this thought experiment especially to those who continue to vote Democrat: Consider the fact that at his inaugural address in 1960, at the most desperate point in the nuclear standoff of the cold war, Kennedy famously challenged [...]
How did Judgment of Left Become so Fatally Flawed?
The late, great William F. Buckley famously quipped: I’d rather be governed by 50 people randomly selected from the Boston phone book than 50 of the Yale faculty. Translation: no matter how pedigreed you may be, if you view the world through a collectivist, capitulationist prism, your judgment is fatally [...]
7 out of 10 Americans feel this country is in decline
A recent national poll showed that 7 out of 10 Americans feel this country is in decline. In a California survey this month, it was 10 out of 10. Most of those that were surveyed felt if things continue in the economy and do not turn around, we are facing [...]
Immutable Law #10
Declining civilizations will always face superior firepower from ascending civilizations because sovereignty is only temporarily uncontested. In the First Punic War, during the late 240s BC, the Carthaginians grew weary of the long war with Rome and made the decision to decommission much of their fleet and to release from [...]